They rode straight for the coast, but failing to reach it, occupied Winchester, where they sought to maintain themselves in Aymer's castle of Wolvesey.
On October 21 he won a brisk battle outside the walls of Auberoche before the more sluggish part of his army had time to reach the scene of action.
There was imminent danger of their retreat being cut off, but Richard of Cornwall went to the French camp, and obtained an armistice of a few hours, which gave his brother time to reach the town.
His early poems reflect the modes and metres of the current French tradition in an English dress, and only reach sustained importance in his lament on the death of the Duchess Blanche of Lancaster, written about 1370.
In effect, however, the king's arm was not long enough to reach either class.
The Italians descended into the valley, but were soon demoralised by seeing their comrades fall all round them, while their own bolts failed to reach the enemy.
Knowles managed to reach Brittany with the bulk of his forces, and Minsterworth, the real cause of the disaster, ventured to go to England and denounce his leader as a traitor.
Before his arrival Knowles had moved on westwards 'towards the Beauce, intending to reach his own estates in Brittany for winter quarters.
Some moths have been known to reach a size of six or seven inches in width and attain the most brilliant coloring of all insects.
Then his legs began to work faster than they could possibly have done in ten years, as he endeavored to pedal his stolen property at a rate of speed that would take him beyond reach of the relentless pursuer.
To the indignation of Toby and Nat, the latter having also managed to reach the spot by this time, the Wandering Willie jauntily waved a hand toward them, as though bidding them a fond adieu.
He had been about to try and reach Landy by standing far out on a limb; but the prospect of success was very small.
That's right, Jasper," said Landy, stretching around to pick several tempting yellow beauties that seemed just beyond thereach of his rather short arm.
Then he fell over on the ground, and rolled into the bushes, as if only too anxious to get out of the reach of the owner, before he could lay hands on him.
The sinner may be deeper in sin than the depth of hell itself, but the love of the Lord Jesus can reach him still.
We've got another ten days' journey to reach them.
If the moose comes within reach of our shots, ain't anybody going to pump lead into him?
He tried to hearten himself into a belief that he must soon reach some mountain camp or settlement.
His only hope now was that by patiently following it on he might reach the camp of some other traveller, or the lonely log cabin of a pioneer farmer.
With a gurgle of horror the boy tried to reach a higher limb, and succeeded; for at the same moment a timely shout encouraged him.
Otherwise the beavers could not reach their pile of food-wood, which they keep at the bottom, and would starve to death.
I guess it's standing yet, and 'twould be a snug shelter; but we'd have a hard pull to reach it this evening.
Now, how are you going to reach your camp on Millinokett Lake?
A musk-rat leaped from the bank ahead, and dived to reachhis hole in the bank.
We feel our brains clear, our gladness springing up, and our lungs swelling to double their size with the whiffs which reach us from those sky-piercing pines yonder.
When the snow came, we were forced to shorten our trips, so as to reach one of the home-camps each night.
Should she reachhim too late for that--find this longing also part of the illusion?
She felt that the compositions of Schumann and Schubert were the language that had always been imprisoned in her heart, that could never reach her lips, but that she now heard, by a miracle, freed and in its perfection.
I'm not afraid; for I have only to reach out my hand to touch you.
So she tried to cast forth into space a flood of feeling strong enough to reach him--a projection of her identity, her appearance, and her infatuation.
We must not, however, reach the conclusion that life in old New England was a dreary void as far as pleasures were concerned.
It'll take us weeks and weeks to reach the sea, won't it, by way of Namaqua land?
But the test Christ gave is short and practical, and within the reach of any one of us.
He saw by the clock that he hadn't time to reach the telegraph office to stop the night express, so he caught up a lantern and started up the track, thinking he might be in time to stop the train.
Until he wakes up and realizes his lost and hopeless condition, God Almighty will not reach down and take him by the hand.
Four days later the fleet had only advanced fifty miles, and it took eight days more to reach a point off the Island of Orleans near the present village of St. Jean, where it anchored for a few hours.
It took about two weeks to reach Fort Frontenac, where a delay of two or three weeks occurred, during which time the army began to sicken.
He probably did some inspection of posts on the way, for he did not reach the end of his journey till the 31st.
The object of this adventure was to impress upon the more distant Iroquois tribes, who had boasted that they were out of reach of the French arms, that such was not the case.
Moreover, there was no use, he said, in meeting the Iroquois till he knew what the Ottawas were going to do; and they would not reach Montreal till late in the summer.
She heard somewhat abruptly of your having been attacked by the robbers, and it was said that you had only just time to reach the hall and fall down in a dead faint.
We must not start later than six, and shall then scarcely reach Texford till some time after nightfall," answered Harry.
If I turn back it would show that I am afraid of him, and he would overtake me before I could reach any cottage.
Long before they could reach the wreck darkness would be resting on the troubled ocean; they doubted, indeed, whether they could force their boat out in the teeth of the fierce gale.
Jacob and the boy pulled with all their might towards him, but before they could reach him a sea had dashed him against the cliff.
They did not know that I possessed the secret of her birth, that it still lies locked up in the chest guarded safely in the vault beneath the mill, and that it will be beyond their reach before to-morrow.
The bull having gone to a distance, Harry was able to reach the little girl's cloak, and by keeping it in front of him the animal did not catch sight of it, and he soon returned with his prize.
I hope not," answered Harry, and he expressed his expectation of being able to reach the shore in the morning.
Harry knowing how anxious Adam and the dame would be to see their son, sent Jacob off immediately by the coach expecting that he would reach Hurlston soon after the ladies at Downside had received a letter he had written from Deal.
I fear the rain will come down before we canreach the house, Miss Castleton," observed Captain Headland.
I will see their commanding officer, and take care that they are sent off in time to reach Texford by dark.
We shall get wet jackets, I suspect, before we reach home," observed Harry.
The sergeant and his men, however, kept the smuggler in sight till they saw him reach the downs on which the mill stood, where his figure was distinctly visible against the sky.
Suddenly he bethought him of the secret chamber, and with a wild prayer that his loved ones had been able to reach it in safety, and were still in hiding there, he started down the narrow stairs in search.
Surely she must be somewhere within reach of his voice.
I had my misgivings, for I never could believe that a letter like that wouldreach its destination.
There is but one course open; but one way in which Dorothy can reach either heaven or earth, by a shorter road than that which I am compelled to travel.
It is admitted by all who have thought upon the question that a First Cause is unthinkable--that a creative power is beyond the reach of human thought.
I believe they reach absolutely the perfection of form and the expression of force and passion in stone.
But he has passed beyond the reach of praise or blame--passed to the realm of rest--to the waveless calm of perfect peace.
It required as much time to reach Albany from New York as it now requires to reach San Francisco from the same city, and so far as the transmission of thought goes the world is but a hamlet.
During those infamous years--years of cruelty and national degradation--years of hypocrisy and greed and meanness beneath the reach of any English word, Elizur Wright became acquainted with the orthodox church.
Nothing is more despicable than to reach fame by crawling,--position by cringing.
He knew that all the streams, no matter how they wander, turn and curve amid the hills or rocks, or linger in the lakes and pools, must some time reach the sea.
And if, when I reach that other world, it needs reforming, I shall do what little I can there for the destruction of the false.
Some of the noblest and best pass their lives in daily drudgery and unremunerative toil--while many of the mean, vicious and stupid reach place and power.
Many men probably reach their intellectual height long before they have lived thirty years, and spend the balance of their lives in defending the mistakes of their youth.
He should have endeavored to reach the heart and brain of the Republic.
It is half-past three when we reach home, and there are still six hours until sunrise.
She was lamenting piteously the loss of her seal-skin robe, without which she could never rejoin her friends or reach her watery home.
In order to reach this haven of safety it is necessary to pass through a period of transition, in which there are some formidable difficulties.
If the system is to succeed at all, it must provide a body of able, intelligent, thoroughly-trained jurists, and must place them beyond the reach of bribery and other forms of corruption.
There must be no half-way houses between present misery and future happiness; for many weary travellers might be tempted to settle there in the desert, and fail to reach the promised land.
Desirous of becoming a great naval Power, Russia has always striven to reach the sea-coast and obtain good harbours.
All he hoped for was to delay or mislead the posse long enough to enable Pete to reach the southern desert.
Take your horse and git all the boys you can reach before night.
Consequently he was just out of reach when the trader wanted to kick something.
If he could reach Sanborn ahead of them, he would have the advantage of cover--and of taking them by surprise .
Young Pete saw that he could not reach the pass ahead of them.
The Mexican bore the strange news that four riders were expected to reach Showdown that day--perhaps by noon.
Another day and he would reach old Flores's place in the cañon--but Boca would not be there.
Two of them, after a hard ride, finally put Blue Smoke within reach of a rope.
The Bible offers evidence of this, and it has also been observed that the fragrance of flowers is nowhere noted until we reach the Song of Solomon.
I have often a sense of mysterious meaning in a vine, it seems so plainly to reach out to attract your attention.
But when I reach the Blue Border, then I can speak with decision; I know whereof I write, I know the variety and beauty of a garden bed of blue flowers.
Then when, the foremost having fallen, each saw that death was about to reach himself, they turn their backs.
At midnight they reach Algidum: and, as soon as they perceived that they were near the enemy, they halted.
Through their ardour and impetuosity the perception of so heavy a blow did not reach the soldiers; they conquered before they perceived that they conquered without a leader.
It was so hard to succeed; one must hold on so long to reach the desired point, always close at hand and always receding.
Wants to have his walking-stick within reach of our swords, to prevent accidents?
The spell was broken, and the Princess, with a sort of shame, led the way across the tombs, taking the quickest and shortest line to reach the mausoleum of the Prince.
Doubtless his master, Astier, would tell him, and he tried to reach him outside the church.
By taking the short cut through the woods he could reach the station before the carriage.
Did you reach this conclusion at the mill yesterday?
But before he could reach the pony's side, Sammy sprang lightly to the ground, unassisted.
He was on the farther side of Dewey, and the sun told him that there was just time enough to reach the cabin before supper.
Watching the clouds, she told herself that there was plenty of time for her to reach the Postoffice before the storm.
It is certain that some of them have had more than a passing fancy for you, Frank," laughed Harry.
Bart had been in serious trouble, and it was Frank who helped him out of it.
Owing to the excellent management and regulation of stores, the community had hitherto been enabled to live at normal prices, and food had been within the reach of all.
Of course that would go directly, and the great question was whether the British troops, by putting the spur on their already jaded energies, would be able to reach the place in time to defend it.
We have made balls for it, and are intending to manufacture shells, in the hope we shall at least be able to reach the emplacement of Big Ben.
The cavalry had come along the river-bank to Paardeberg in order to reach the forage and the convoy which was accompanying the infantry divisions from Klip Drift.
Cronje, finding that the reinforcements failed to reach him, decided on the night of the 26th to cut his way out and seize a kopje before dawn.
A first-class sensation was in full swing and threatened to reach the question stage in the House of Commons when Bruce took hold of affairs.
You will reach the maximum more quickly if you are right.
Had Mensmore been within reach at that moment he would assuredly have been lodged in a felon's cell forthwith.
The royal family and its suite left the hall in order to reach the reporters' booth, the entry to which was in one of the corridors.
He dashed to the door, expecting to open it and reach the stairway, but found it locked.
Grand Duke, urging his horse to a great leap in order to reach the serried square.
First I was at the quarters of the battalion in the barracks of Picpus, where I learned a little of the drill, after which I took a stage coach to reach Strasburg.
Here their impetuous advance was checked by the steep rise they had to surmount in order to reach the summit and the guns.
A worthy gentleman, of whom I inquired the way, told me I wouldreach home quicker by taking another street.
A dexterous twist, and it went flying out of reachacross the dressing tent.
It did not take Leo long to reach the boarding-house advertised on the card.
On the smooth waxed floor he could secure no purchase by which to regain his feet and he could not reach the fellow with either fist.
As soon as I reachthe hotel I will telephone the Deacon.
But if he could reach Barstow-- Here was a new hope.
At the drugstore we can telephone for one and also reach your garage.
It is that confidence which lifts our friendships beyond the reach of the cur snappings of circumstance.
He must write that letter and he must put himself as far out of reach of these friends as possible before the end.
Then through an employment bureau he secured a cook who agreed to reach the house within an hour.
I will have a cab in waiting and on an emergency can reach here in twenty minutes.
You must give yourself room, you must break free from your own selfish conceit, you must reach a point where you don't give a damn about yourself!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reach" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
